BOMBERS COLLIDE
DISASTER IN ESSEX
SIX LIVES LOST
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyrighl
LONDON, October 19. A mystery note,' “ What will happen to this plane in a few minutes?” was found beside the. wreckage of one of two Air Force long-distance Vickers Wellesley bombers which crashed m flames a mile apart after colliding m mid-air over Dunmow, Essex, killing six. It is. believed that the note was written by the radio operator, who at*> tempted to make a parachute jump but was found dead syds from the plane, with the parachute covering him. He was still wearing headphones.
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Evening Star, Issue 23093, 20 October 1938, Page 13
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96BOMBERS COLLIDE Evening Star, Issue 23093, 20 October 1938, Page 13
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